- THANK YOU -
To the community of Saratoga Springs, this year’s honorary committee,
our 2025 presenting sponsors, and all the attendees for making the
Dr. King Celebration Weekend a SUCCESS!
DR. KING CELEBRATION WEEKEND
January 17 - January 20, 2025
Friday, January 17, 2025: Opening Night Community Celebration
2025 Community Partners
Caffè Lena • Camp Stomping Ground • CREATE Community Studios • Francelise Dawkins
Frederick Allen Lodge #609 • Girl Scout Troop #3301 • LWV • Mooncatcher • Pitney Meadows Community Farm
Presbyterian-United Church of Christ • Saratoga Children’s Literacy League
Saratoga Central Catholic Community Service Club • Saratoga Educational Equity Network
Saratoga PRIDE • Saratoga Springs Public Library • Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church
Saratoga Waldorf School • Saratoga Youth Safe Space • Skidmore College • Sustainable Saratoga
Temple Sinai • Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga Springs • Wilton Wildlife Preserve • Youth2
2025 Honorary Committee
Jen Anderson • Debbie Collura • Sarah Craig • Lezlie Dana • Francelise Dawkins • Bill and Kat Evans
Lisa Glazer • The Family of Sigrid and Hollyday Hammond and Rick Fenton • Ronald Kim • Tony Krackeler
Peter and Carol Kurto • The League of Women Voters of Saratoga County • Kathryn Massie
Kathryn Mathers • Jerrilyn Matthews • Eva Nagel • Heather Reynolds • A.C. Riley
Soul Session Edu-tainment • Dora Lee Stanley • Barbara Thomas
2025 Planning Committee
Debbie Collura • Kat Evans • Nichola Gail • Lisa Glazer • Kate Graney • Jocelyn Khoury • Mark Long
Elizabeth Meehan • Garland Nelson • Heather Reynolds • Beth Rowen • Dora Lee Stanley • Carol Schupp Star
Additional Thank Yous
Bars Without Boundaries • The incredible staff of the Holiday Inn
“Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to violence and oppression.”
Scenes from Dr. King Celebration Weekend 2024:
The Beloved Community
What is “The Beloved Community” Mindset?
Martin Luther King, Jr. described the “Beloved Community” as a society where “caring and compassion drive political policies that support the worldwide elimination of poverty and hunger and all forms of bigotry and violence. At its core, the ‘Beloved Community’ is an engine of reconciliation.” Read more here
Dr. King Celebration Weekend 2023. Video by DJ Hollyw8d/More Music Less Violence
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Six Steps of Non-Violent Social Change and Principles of Non-Violence
Information Gathering
Education
Personal Commitment
Discussion/Negotiation
Direct Action
Reconciliation
1: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.
2: Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding.
3: Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice not people.
4: Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform.
5: Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate.
6: Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of justice.
– A R O U N D T O W N –
Saratoga’s FreeFridge:
Community Mutual Aid
Launched by Saratoga BLM and hosted by the Frederick Allen Lodge, 69 Beekman!
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Please Share & Care:
Venmo: @saratogafreefridge
CashApp: $saratogafreefridgem
OURstory TREASURE HUNT.
Uncover and explore Saratoga Springs’ history of our People of Color … we cannot truly know ourselves and how we have arrived where we are today until we re-weave the very fabric of OUR shared story — a much more color-full, vibrant and extraordinary tapestry of Humanity than our history books, classrooms, and memories have represented over the centuries. Let’s grow Saratoga Springs’ community into a stronger, healthier tomorrow — for all of us, together.
Map Original Adaptation by Diana Domingo for MLK Saratoga
“We must DO democracy.”
